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Diana’s Quiz – May 30, 2026

by Diana Filer 1.. What is the opposite...

Love Is in the Air: Calliope women’s choir welcomes spring

Calliope Women’s Choir returns to St. Andrew’s...

55+ Expo, June 4

There’s something for everyone at the 55+...

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Mayor Lowry is standing for re-election

Mayor Christa Lowry has sent us this note: April 30, 2026 To the residents of Mississippi Mills: I am proud to share that I am standing for re-election as Mayor of Mississippi...

Alto: Coming soon to a neighbourhood near you?

by Brent Eades What Is Alto? Alto is a planned high-speed rail network running from Quebec City to Toronto, announced in February 2025. Its trains would reach speeds of 300 km/h...

Mississippi Mills takes top honours in Globe and Mail survey

by Edith Cody-Rice On Saturday January 31, the Globe and Mail published a long feature called Canada’s Most Liveable Cities. 454 cities were reviewed and the top 100 were ranked....
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Bernard Cameron — obituary

CAMERON BERNARD ALEXANDER B.A., B.Ed. On February 11, in his 66th year, in Almonte, Ont. Beloved husband of Catherine (Dunn) for 44 years. Devoted father to Ian...

Clayton man killed in Jamaica hit-and-run

by Brent Eades Tragedy struck a second local family this week when John Rowsom, 76, of Clayton was killed by a motorcyclist while walking with his...

Killing of Bernard Cameron called ‘murder-suicide’

An Ottawa Citizen story reports that Councillor Bernard Cameron was shot to death today in Almonte by his daughter's former partner, identified as Travis Porteous,...

Second person dead in Almonte shooting

We've just received this brief update from the OPP about today's fatal shooting of Councillor Bernard Cameron: Upon arrival, officers located a 65-year-old male deceased...

Vigil for Bernard Cameron at Old Town Hall, Thursday at 7 pm

Councillor Jane Torrance posted this message on Facebook a short time ago: Many of you have already heard that our friend, neighbour and colleague, Councillor...

Almonte Councillor Bernard Cameron killed in triple shooting

The OPP this morning reported a shooting in a Mississippi Mills home that left one man dead and a woman and man seriously injured. Mayor...

US ambassador visits Naismith Museum near Almonte

by Brent Eades In the "better late than never" department, we just learned that the ambassador of the United States, Bruce Heyman, stopped by the Naismith Museum at...

Crash closes Highway 7 at Carleton Place

by Brent Eades As of 2:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Highway 7 was closed between Highway 15 and Townline Road following a vehicle collision. It happened just...

Barn destroyed in Wednesday night fire

The Mississippi Mills Fire Department stations 1 and 2 responded to a barn fire at approximately 7 p.m last night (January 27) on Old...

Gerry Huddleston gets conditional sentence plus probation

Gerry Huddleston, the 59-year-old former executive director of the Almonte General Hospital/Fairview Manor Foundation, was sentenced today in Perth to a 12-month conditional sentence, followed by two...

House fire on Maude Street this morning

The Mississippi Mills fire department stations 1 and 2 responded to a structure fire on Maude Street in Almonte at approximately 2:20 am this...

First Syrian family welcomed to town by Holy Name group

The Syrian Refugee Committee of Mississippi Mills – January 15, 2016 Update Such exciting times for Mississippi Mills! This week the Holy Name of Mary...

Young mom of three killed in Carleton Place crash

The victim of yesterday's fatal collision on Highway 7 in Carleton Place has been identified as Elizabeth Harris, 29, of Smiths Falls. She was...

A new Millstone for the new year

Readers of the web version of The Millstone will notice some changes to the design and layout of the paper today. These are partly...
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